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Meeting in school the 7 would meet up at each others houses and the school music room and watch films, listen to music and play guitars. After leaving school they went on to jobs and college before quitting both to take up the band full time, word got round a soon the band were signed to Liverpool label Deltasonic. The band started as prominent members of the Liverpool music scene, playing many gigs around the city. The Coral's distinctive musical style has strongly influenced many other of the Liverpool-based label's acts, including The Zutons, The Dead 60s and The Basement. The first English band of the "guitar group revival" a few critically acclaimed EPs 'Shadows Fall', 'The Oldest Path’, and 'Skeleton Key' in 2001 they released their debut album 'The Coral' in 2002 reaching #5. A successful UK tour and festival slots followed along with the singles 'Goodbye' reaching #21 and 'Dreaming Of You' reaching #5. After a hectic year they took it easy with recording yet again another critically acclaimed album the great Magic And Medicine in 2003 reaching number 1, once more followed with UK, European, American and Japanese tours and a one off festival "Midsummer Nights Scream" held on the New Brighton promenade and held an impressive line up of the then hottest up and coming bands. The singles 'Don't Think You're the First' number 10, 'Pass It On' number 3, 'Secret Kiss' number 24 and 'Bill Mcai' number 12. In 2004 they began recording 'The Invisible Invasion' but not before releasing 'Nightfreak And The Son's Of Becker' a limited edition "mini album" getting to number 5 which was produced by Lightening Seeds singer/songwriter Ian Broudie as were The Coral's first two albums, whilst Portishead's Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow were in charge of The Invisible Invasion In 2005 The Coral did UK, European, American and Japanese tours also releasing ‘In The Morning’ # 5 and ‘Something Inside Of Me’ #34. The Coral are set to tour with Arctic Monkeys during the summer festival gigs. The band will release single "Who's Gonna Find Me" on July 30 2007 and album "Roots And Echoes" on August 6 2007. The band plays an unusual style of music which is a mixture of old fashioned country, 1960s-style psychedelica and folk with modern rock'n'roll influences. Their music is often used in the soundtracks to many TV adverts and programmes making their music well known, though the band themselves are still yet to achieve mainstream success. Members: -James Skelly. -Ian Skelly. -Bill Ryder-Jones. -Nick Power. -Lee Southall. -Paul Duffy. -John Duffy. |
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